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Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

user-removed — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 02:58:43 GMT

UPDATE 3/14/15: This solution works for reverting to ANY previous version of Spotify. Just replace the application with the desired version, 0.8.5 or otherwise. I have successfully used this trick to revert to 0.9.15.27 and 0.8.5.133. Also, APPS continue to work in these previous version. Attached is a screenshot of 0.8.5.133 artist pages, clean, simple, cohesive, text a bit small, and SEARCH function still in tact. 0.8.5.133 also runs MUCH faster on my Windows and Mac machines.

The "Horrible update [0.8.8]" thread has begun to bury the work arounds for those of us NOT happy with the 0.8.8 update. Here is a guide to reverting to 0.8.5 for Mac. Spotify support has NOT provided a way for us to do this, despite my many attempts. Hopefully it will help some people who visit the forum.

If you already have upgraded to 0.8.8: (if you haven't upgraded already, start with step #3)

Find and download a copy of 0.8.5 here
Mount the image and replace the application in your Applications folder with the downloaded one
Now to make sure Spotify doesn't auto-update:
Go to your ~/Library folder - you can do this in Finder by doing shift+cmd+g and typing "~/Library" without the quotes and hitting enter
Go to Application Support/Spotify
Delete Spotify_new.archive and Spotify_new.archive.sig (if they are there)
Now open your favorite text editor, I used TextWrangler
Make two blank documents and save them as "Spotify_new.archive" and "Spotify_new.archive.sig" - without the quotes, the same file names as the ones you deleted
Right click each file and go to "Get Info"
Check the "Locked" button on each and close the info window
You should now see a small lock icon on each file
Restart Spotify and enjoy 0.8.5 without auto updates to 0.8.8

Let me know if you have any problems! This has worked for me on OS X 10.8.2. Thanks to th80 for the help on this!

Removed link, not allowed to post links to download packages outside spotify site. hpguru

(Possible security risk removed by Rock Star)

Re: Revert to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

jeenyice617 — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:16:23 GMT

holy cow! it works! after being frustrated the past 2 days and having to keep uninstalling and reinstalling the problem is fixed! thnx for the help!

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

dan10 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:15:03 GMT

Brilliant, thanks a lot.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

Peter__ — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:48:35 GMT

Thanks for posting this, I am sure a lot of people will be very happy!

For community members on OS X 10.5 only, there is also a support post here about getting Spotify to work. If you are having issues on 10.5, please post in that topic so it is easier to keep track 😉

Peter

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

user-removed — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:09:02 GMT

I tried this, and it worked for the older version, but the reinstall option is still at the top of spotify? Is it supposed to be there. Maybe I used a text editor that did not work? I used 'text edit' that comes with mac.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

user-removed — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:12:31 GMT

Spotify_new.archive and Spotify_new.archive.sig keep coming back when I reopen spotify, and the ones I added are there also. The one's I made say they are RTF files.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

user-removed — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:16:11 GMT

What file type should I be saving these as? Web Archive?

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

user-removed — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:24:01 GMT

Okay so I used the program that you recommended, TextWrangler and it worked. So Mac users, it will not work if you use Text Edit.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

user-removed — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:31:07 GMT

Yeah, TextEdit will default to a text encoding (even if you change the extension). TextWrangler is a much better option all around. Glad it worked for you!

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

user-removed — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:36:11 GMT

Also, Spotify finally got back to me about reverting... and they will NOT be supporting any reversions for paying customers. This is an absurd and insulting stance for company to its paying customers. And have essentially told us all "you're out of luck.... good luck on your own!" So it looks like we're stuck with our own work arounds... until they "fix" 0.8.8. Here is the reply:

There's currently no official legacy version of Spotify to use, as the official download from https://www.spotify.com/download/ will automatically get the latest version but if you Google "0.8.5 Spotify" you'll find some links to the older version easy enough.

Note: if you use any of those links, they might not be secure or virus-free so use at your discretion.

Adam Watts

Spotify Customer Services
Cambridge

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

Thorens — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:53 GMT

Thank you very much for this solution. I almost feared I was stuck with the terrible new version.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

allmakebelieve — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:40:29 GMT

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

droptheearth — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:19:27 GMT

Thank you, I am back using 0.8.5 and will not upgrade until I'm absolutely forced to. What a shame... who is the new hairbrained manager now in charge of the desktop strategy?

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

charliek_98 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:11:43 GMT

Thanks for posting this. It seems to work fine and such a relief to get back to a version that works.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

Cosme — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:54:38 GMT

I registered simply to say THANK YOU!

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

matiweb — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:22:52 GMT

You're a star mvelinder !

Many thanks for that !!

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

62holden — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:28:22 GMT

Thanks heaps for this. Easy clear instructions that even a numpty like me could follow.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

lightheartd — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:40:32 GMT

mvelinder, you're a SAINT! Thank you SO much for your reply, I have an old MAC and I followed your instructions (with the update to use TextWrangler, not TextEdit b/c it doesn't work) and I can now successfully use my PREMIUM Spotify account on my computer again.

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

pinkmoon — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 03:01:38 GMT

Alternative method:

Assuming Spotify is installed, close it, open a terminal window and run this:

curl -OL http://upgrade.spotify.com/upgrade/client/osx-x86/spotify-autoupdate-0.8.5.1356.gd1d40f3a.tbz && tar -xf ./spotify-autoupdate-0.8.5.1356.gd1d40f3a.tbz  -C /Applications/Spotify.app/ && mv ./spotify-autoupdate-0.8.5.1356.gd1d40f3a.tbz ~/.Trash/ && cat /dev/null  > ~/Library/'Application Support'/Spotify/Spotify_new.archive.sig && cat /dev/null > ~/Library/'Application Support'/Spotify/Spotify_new.archive &&  chflags uchg ~/Library/'Application Support'/Spotify/Spotify_new.archive.sig && chflags uchg ~/Library/'Application Support'/Spotify/Spotify_new.archive && open /Applications/Spotify.app

or simply download this and open the file inside it:

(Link removed by Rock Star for security)

Re: Revert back to Spotify 0.8.5 on Mac

Blossom_m — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:04:17 GMT

mvelinder, I might not even know your real name, but I want you to know that I love you more than I love chocolate. THANK YOU!!